350 Mass For a Better Future - Metro North Node

Amazing turnout for 3/21/23 march on Chase Bank and Bank of America in downtown Boston with cutting of credit cards!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/world/asia/ukraine-war-climate-crisis-activists-protests.html?referringSource=articleShare

New Brand of Activist Takes Aim at Ukraine War and Climate Crisis, Together Led by young women from Eastern Europe, they are cornering Europe’s leaders and pressing them for a total energy embargo on Russia — to end the fighting and to save the planet.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1kmxGoPQ7-7tEcYUwSyY1Jmy6dRHXXu4175rA_eSjCdA/mobilebasic

FERC Comment Drive Email Template Our regional energy grid operator, ISO-NE, is again up to no good in its determined effort to keep us hooked on polluting fossil fuels. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the governing body that has authority over ISO-NE, and FERC currently has TWO open proceedings that will have hug...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/31/science/state-investigates-future-gas-climate-advocates-say-theyre-being-shut-out/

As the state investigates the future of gas, climate advocates say they’re being shut out - The Boston Globe A move by state officials appears to severely limit the influence climate groups can have on a process that will determine the future of natural gas in the state.

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https://actionnetwork.org/events/fix-the-grid-rally-boston?source=direct_link&

Fix the Grid Rally Boston ISO-New England, our regional energy grid operator, is slow-walking the transition to renewable energy and keeping us hooked on fossil fuels. Time and again, they set policies that benefit fossil fuel interests at the expense of our health and our future. The state has the power to hold ISO-NE accou...

350 Mass For a Better Future - Metro North Node is now on WhatsApp.

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https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2021/03/19/weymouth-compressor-ferc-precedent-enbridge-natural-gas

Why A Federal Order In The Weymouth Compressor Case Has The Natural Gas World Worried As FERC weighs an unusual review of the Weymouth Compressor, the gas industry worries what this could mean for the fate of other projects.

The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-biden-administrations-landmark-day-in-the-fight-for-the-climate

The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate The newly announced actions may well mark the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel era.

Charlie needs to hear from you! Call, email or tweet Governor Charlie Baker and tell him to sign the Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy (S.2995). Govenor Baker has until Wednesday, Jan. 6th to sign this bill. Let's make sure he does! Please don't wait.

Tweet:
Email:https://www.mass.gov/forms/email-the-governors-office
Phone: 617-725-4005

You can see the details here: http://bit.ly/3og2Hxr

Is it everything we want? Absolutely not and the timeline is a disaster! It does, however, open the door to the possibility of further change. XRBoston, along with other groups will be pushing on that door for more!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/02/lifestyle/walden-woods-project-lesson-covids-takeaways-climate-crisis/

From Walden Woods Project, a lesson on COVID’s takeaways for the climate crisis - The Boston Globe Bill McKibben will discuss how the pandemic could set us up — finally — to address our climate crisis.

https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20200626/lawmakers-feeling-push-and-pull-on-climate-bills

Lawmakers feeling push and pull on climate bills BOSTON -- There is no question that the pandemic has significantly altered agendas and priorities in the Legislature, and with the time to tackle big

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/climate/coronavirus-clean-air.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Pandemic’s Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About the Atmosphere Coronavirus shutdowns have cut pollution, and that’s opened the door to a “giant, global environmental experiment” with potentially far-reaching consequences.

Trump gutted protections for the Atlantic’s only marine monument — now what? - The Boston Globe In order to prevent the worst effects of climate change, scientists say 30% of America’s land and ocean must be protected by 2030, a goal supported by 86% of Americans.

Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station FRRACS is a community-based group that is actively fighting the construction and operation of Enbridge's toxic, fracked-gas compressor station on the South Shore.

⭐️Week of Action to Stop the Compressor⭐️

Day 2 Action Item: Share Memes to Spread the Word

Repost this meme or choose one to share from this doc: bit.ly/NotEssential

Thanks for taking action with us! If enough of us post, Mass.gov / Gov. Baker won't be able to ignore us.

350M Metro North Node at the Boston Climate strike!

https://www.clf.org/blog/snowball/stopping-big-oil/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=202003eNews

Stopping Big Oil | Conservation Law Foundation Stopping Big Oil By Laurie O'Reilly, with additional reporting by Bethany Kwoka Perched on the edge of the Fore River, South Portland’s Bug Light Park offers visitors a spectacular view of Maine’s Casco Bay. Until recently, that view might also have included a massive oil tanker unloading its ca...

350 Mass For a Better Future - Metro North Node updated their address.

350 Mass For a Better Future - Metro North Node updated their business hours.

Our group at our latest meeting...

We shut it down for the day!

New photo by June Mackenzie